Marcus Morris loses cool, yells at Suns head coach

By Staff     Jan 8, 2015

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Phoenix Suns forwards Marcus Morris (15) and P.J. Tucker celebrate during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Well, now we know who the evil Morris twin is.

Because neither Marcus nor Markieff wears a sinister mustache, there used to be no way to tell.

The typically laid back twins who first teamed up at Kansas in college before reuniting in the NBA with Phoenix live together, get matching tattoos and spout the power of #FOE (family over everything). But Marcus lost his cool Wednesday night, during the Suns’ 113-111 win over Minnesota.

First, the 6-foot-9 forward got hit with a technical foul in the third quarter. Next, he took his anger with him to the bench, and was caught by ESPN’s cameras during an animated and intense back-and-forth with Phoenix head coach Jeff Hornacek.

[The Arizona Republic’s Paul Coro reported][1] Marcus became agitated on the court when he got hit in the nose and no foul was called. He remained in that state during the ensuing timeout and when Hornacek didn’t side with him, Marcus started yelling at the coach while stating his case.

Eventually, Suns assistant Corey Gaines stepped in before the situation got any worse.

Coro reported Marcus settled things with Hornacek shortly after the game.

> “It was heat of the moment,” Marcus
> told the Arizona Republic. “Coach
> knows I’ve got a lot of respect for
> him. As soon as the game was over, I
> apologized to him and the team,
> especially the younger guys for them
> having to see that. I felt like I got
> hit in the nose and my nose was
> bleeding and he had took me out so I
> was really upset about it.
>
> “When I apologized to Jeff, he said,
> ‘You don’t have to apologize.’ He
> knows. He’s been a player. I hate that
> it had to be televised like just
> because it seemed worse than what it
> was.”

Marcus also took to Twitter to apologize publicly.

The backup Morris finished the game with 8 points in 14 minutes. Starting brother Markieff scored 14.

Meanwhile, Timberwolve rookie Andrew Wiggins went for 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, to go with 6 turnovers. The No. 1 overall pick hit 1 of his 4 3-point tries and just missed one that would’ve won the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSW5QNmQFVA

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[1]: http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2015/01/08/phoenix-suns-escape-minnesota-with-win-over-timberwolves/21427639/
[2]: http://www2.kusports.com/news/mens_basketball/hawks_nba/
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